Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 191-199 , September 2008

Complications After Preterm Birth: An Overview for Emergency Physicians

  • Praveen Kumar, MBBS, DCH, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Praveen Kumar, MBBS, DCH, MD, 250 E Superior St, Room 05-2159, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611.
    • ,
  • Gautham Suresh, MD, DM, MS

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Division, Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.06.009

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 191-199 , September 2008

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